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recurringHappening repeatedly or occurring again and again. It refers to events, problems, or phenomena that return or reappear at regular or irregular intervals.

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: Happening repeatedly or occurring again and again. It refers to events, problems, or phenomena that return or reappear at regular or irregular intervals.

Pronunciation (IPA): /rɪˈkɜːrɪŋ/

Korean meaning: 되풀이되는, 재발하는

Korean pronunciation: 리-커-링 (강세: 커)

Example Sentences

  • My recurring subscription to the gym is draining my wallet faster than my workouts drain my energy.
  • The company faces recurring issues with their outdated software system.
  • His recurring joke about pineapple pizza is getting as stale as week-old bread.

recurring

ADJECTIVE

//rɪˈkɜːrɪŋ//

Happening repeatedly or occurring again and again. It refers to events, problems, or phenomena that return or reappear at regular or irregular intervals.

recurring concept
💡 Concept

Happening repeatedly or occurring again and again. It refers to events, problems, or phenomena that return or reappear at regular or irregular intervals.

recurring rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

With evidence recurring, both detectives are concurring!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/rɪˈkɜːrɪŋ/

🌳Etymology

Prefixre--
Rootcur
Suffix--ing

Origin

From Latin 'recurrere' meaning 'to run back' or 'to return by running'. The image of a runner going back to the same track over and over evolved into our modern sense of something happening repeatedly.

🎵Rhyme

occurringconcurringpurring

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My recurring subscription to the gym is draining my wallet faster than my workouts drain my energy.

The company faces recurring issues with their outdated software system.

😄 Fun example

His recurring joke about pineapple pizza is getting as stale as week-old bread.

The recurring motif of water appears throughout the novel.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

repeatedrecurrentcyclicalperiodicpersistent

Antonyms

isolatedsporadic

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